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==Networks== ===Owned-and-operated=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="width:150px;" |Channel ! style="width:150px;" |Region served ! style="width:150px;" |Formerly<br/>operated as ! style="width:50px;" |Year<br/>joined or launched ! style="width:50px;" |Year left or closed !Currently operating as ! style="width:450px;" |Notes |- | Fox Sports Arizona | [[Arizona]]<br/>[[New Mexico]]<br/>[[Utah]]<br/>southern [[Nevada]] | | 1996 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched September 7, 1996 as first network to use Fox Sports name. Network closed October 21, 2023 as [[Bally Sports Arizona]] due to losing all broadcast rights. |- | [[Fox Sports Carolinas]] | [[North Carolina]]<br/>[[South Carolina]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network South]] | Launched in 2008, as a sub-feed of Fox Sports South, merged back upon Bally Sports rebrand. |- | Fox Sports Detroit | [[Michigan]]<br/>northwestern [[Ohio]]<br/>northeastern [[Indiana]]<br/>northeast [[Wisconsin]] | | 1997 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Detroit]] | Created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the local television rights to most of Detroit's professional sports teams from [[PASS Sports]], resulting in [[Post-Newsweek Station]]s (owner of that market's NBC affiliate [[WDIV-TV]]) shutting down the latter in 1997. |- | Fox Sports Florida | Florida<br/>southern [[Alabama]]<br/>southern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] | SportsChannel Florida (1987β2000) | 2000 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Florida]] | Shares broadcast rights with sister network Fox Sports Sun; it was the last FSN network acquired by News Corporation through its joint venture with Liberty Media to retire the SportsChannel name, upon becoming Fox Sports Net Florida in 2000. |- | [[Fox Sports Houston]] | Southern Texas<br/>southern Louisiana | | 2009 | 2012 | Defunct | Originally launched as a subfeed of Fox Sports Southwest; became a 24-hour channel on January 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 7, 2009|title=Fox Sports Houston set for new identity|newspaper=Houston Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|url=http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2009/01/05/daily29.html?ana=e_du_pub}}</ref> Fox Sports Houston was the television home of the Houston Astros and the Houston Rockets until Comcast SportsNet Houston acquired the rights to both teams in 2012;<ref>{{cite news|date=August 3, 2010|title=Astros, Rockets reach deal on new network|website=MLB.com|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101029&content_id=15909356&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb}}</ref> that deal resulted in the shut down of Fox Sports Houston on October 5, 2012, with the main Fox Sports Southwest feed replacing it on area cable providers.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 2, 2012|title=Fox Sports Houston signs off with familiar face|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Fox-Sports-Houston-signs-off-with-familiar-face-3914216.php}}</ref> Comcast SportsNet Houston became [[Root Sports Southwest]] after that network went into bankruptcy. |- | Fox Sports Indiana | [[Indiana]] | | 2006 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Indiana]] | Broadcast area originally served by Prime Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Midwest; Fox Sports Indiana became a separate channel in 2006, after Fox Sports acquired the regional broadcast rights to the Indiana Pacers. It is still considered as a subfeed of Fox Sports Midwest in some markets. Fox Sports South carries select Indiana Pacers games aired by Fox Sports Indiana in Kentucky. |- | Fox Sports Kansas City | [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]<br/>[[Kansas]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City]] | Broadcast area originally served by Prime Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Midwest; Fox Sports Kansas City was created as a spin-off of FSN Midwest, after it acquired the broadcast rights to the Kansas City Royals from the defunct [[Royals Sports Television Network]] in a long-term deal with the team. Fox Sports Midwest remains available in the region, carrying [[St. Louis Cardinals]] game telecasts that Fox Sports Kansas City is unable to broadcast due to conflicts with Royals telecasts. Some of the channel's programming is produced by Fox Sports Midwest. |- | Fox Sports Midwest | [[Missouri]]<br/>southern [[Illinois]]<br/>[[Iowa]]<br/>[[Nebraska]] | Prime Sports Midwest (1989β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Midwest]] | Cardinals games carried by Fox Sports Midwest are, respectively, broadcast by Fox Sports South in [[West Tennessee]] and Fox Sports Tennessee in northern [[Mississippi]]. Fox Sports Midwest re-acquired the local television rights to the Royals in 2008, following the shutdown of the Royals Sports Television Network, resulting in the creation of spin-off channel Fox Sports Kansas City. |- | Fox Sports New Orleans | [[Louisiana]] | | 2012 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched in October 2012, and created through Fox Sports' acquisition of the local broadcast rights to the then-[[New Orleans Hornets]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hornets, Fox Sports announce TV deal|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120626/SPORTS17/120629727|newspaper=[[Houma Today]]|date=June 26, 2012|access-date=July 4, 2012|archive-date=April 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414020652/http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20120626/SPORTS17/120629727|url-status=dead}}</ref> Network closed October 21, 2024 as [[Bally Sports New Orleans]] due to losing major sports rights. |- | Fox Sports North | [[Minnesota]]<br/>[[Wisconsin]]<br/>[[Iowa]]<br/>[[North Dakota]]<br/>[[South Dakota]] | Midwest Sports Channel (1989β2000) | 1997 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network North]] | Fox Sports North operates regional subfeeds for the Minnesota/Dakotas region. The Wisconsin feed, which is not available in areas of the state adjacent to the [[MinneapolisβSt. Paul]] market, was spun off in April 2007 into the separate Fox Sports Wisconsin, which also carries select game broadcasts from Fox Sports North. |- | Fox Sports Ohio | [[Ohio]]<br/>eastern [[Indiana]]<br/>Kentucky<br/>northwestern [[Pennsylvania]], southwestern New York | SportsChannel Ohio (1989β1998) | 1998 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Ohio]] | Reds games broadcast by Fox Sports Ohio are televised on local origination cable channels in portions of [[Tennessee]] (including the [[Nashville]] market) and western [[North Carolina]]. AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh broadcasts select Cavaliers games televised by Fox Sports Ohio. Separate subfeeds also exist for the Cincinnati and Cleveland markets with the Reds owning a 50% stake in the Cincinnati subfeed. |- | Fox Sports Oklahoma | [[Oklahoma]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma]] | Broadcast area formerly served by Fox Sports Southwest; Fox Sports Oklahoma launched on October 29, 2008, created through a broadcast agreement in which Fox Sports Southwest and then-[[independent station]] [[KSBI]] (which carried select games produced by Fox Sports) acquired the television rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Select [[Dallas Mavericks]] NBA games televised by Fox Sports Southwest are broadcast on Fox Sports Oklahoma in areas within 75 miles of the Oklahoma City market. The channel also carries Big 12 Conference and occasional [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] games from Fox Sports Southwest; some Fox Sports Southwest-televised games are available through the Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus overflow feed. |- | Fox Sports San Diego | [[San Diego]] | | 2012 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched in March 2012, as a sub-feed of [[Bally Sports SoCal|Prime Ticket]]. Network liquidated in April 2024 as [[Bally Sports San Diego]] following a settlement with the [[San Diego Padres]] relating to repeated failures to pay the team the previous year. |- | Fox Sports South | Georgia<br/>Mississippi<br/>Alabama<br/>Kentucky | [[SportSouth]] (original; 1990β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network South]] | Sister network Fox Sports Southeast shares Atlanta Braves and Hawks broadcast rights with Fox Sports South. Production of the Braves game telecasts aired by Atlanta [[independent station]] [[WPCH-TV]] was transferred from [[Turner Sports]] to Fox Sports South in 2011 (a byproduct of the Turner Broadcasting System's [[local marketing agreement]] with the [[Meredith Corporation]] that consolidated WPCH's operations with [[CBS]] affiliate [[WANF|WGCL-TV]]). On February 28, 2013, Fox Sports South and the then-SportSouth reached a deal with the Braves to acquire the 45-game package held by WPCH, rendering the team's game telecasts cable-exclusive beginning with the [[2013 Atlanta Braves season|2013 season]] and ending the station's 40-year relationship with the Braves.<ref name="fss-braves13">{{cite web|title=Fox Sports South and SportSouth acquire 45 additional Braves games beginning this season|url=http://www.foxsportssouth.com/02/28/13/Fox-Sports-South-and-SportSouth-acquire-/landing_braves.html?blockID=871311&feedID=4354|work=Fox Sports South|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=September 7, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | Fox Sports Southeast | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]<br/>[[Alabama]]<br/>[[Mississippi]]<br/>[[Tennessee]]<br/>North Carolina<br/>South Carolina | [[Turner South]] (1999β2006)<br/>SportSouth (2006β2015) | 2006 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Southeast]] | Formerly known as Turner South, and operated as a general entertainment cable channel, from 1999 to October 13, 2006, when it adopted the name SportSouth following its sale by [[Time Warner]]'s Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary to then Fox Sports Networks parent News Corporation. SportSouth and Fox Sports South aired [[Atlanta Thrashers]] games until the team's relocation to [[Winnipeg]] (as the [[Winnipeg Jets]]) in 2011. Fox Sports South carries select Memphis Grizzlies games aired by SportSouth in Kentucky. SportSouth was rebranded as Fox Sports Southeast on October 5, 2015, citing viewer confusion caused by the Fox Sports Networks' 2012 rebranding that replaced the "FS" with "Fox Sports" as a prefix for the regional outlets.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=August 24, 2015 |title=SportSouth becomes Fox Sports Southeast |url=http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/24/sportssouth-becomes-fox-sports-southeast/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825222833/http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/24/sportssouth-becomes-fox-sports-southeast/ |archive-date=August 25, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2015 |newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lucia |first=Joe |date=August 25, 2015 |title=SportSouth is rebranding to Fox Sports Southeast |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/sportsouth-is-rebranding-to-fox-sports-southeast.html |access-date=August 25, 2015 |website=Awful Announcing}}</ref> |- | Fox Sports Southwest | [[Texas]]<br/>[[Arkansas]]<br/>northern [[Louisiana]]<br/>parts of [[New Mexico]] | Home Sports Entertainment (1983β1994)<br/>Prime Sports Southwest (1994β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Southwest]] | |- | Fox Sports Sun | Florida | Sunshine Network (1988β2004)<br/>Sun Sports (2004β2015) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Sun]] | Originally a Prime Network affiliate, Fox Sports and Liberty Media acquired the network in 1996. |- | [[Fox Sports Tennessee]] | [[Tennessee]]<br/>southern [[Kentucky]] | | 2008 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network South]] | Launched in 2008, as a sub-feed of Fox Sports South. Merged back upon Bally Sports rebrand. |- | Fox Sports West | [[Southern California]]<br/>[[Southern Nevada]]<br/>Hawaii | Prime Ticket (original; 1985β1994)<br/>Prime Sports West (1994β1996) | 1996 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network West]] | Fox Sports West lost the broadcast rights to the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] after the [[2011β12 NBA season]], as a result of a 20-year agreement with [[Time Warner Cable]] (now [[Charter Communications]]) to broadcast the team's games on [[Spectrum SportsNet (Los Angeles)|Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum Deportes]], which both launched in October 2012;<ref>{{cite web|title=Time Warner Scores L.A. Lakers Regional Sports Network Rights|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/463936-Time_Warner_Scores_L_A_Lakers_Regional_Sports_Network_Rights_.php|periodical=Multichannel News|date=February 14, 2011}}</ref> Formerly held the rights to the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] and the [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] before losing them to Spectrum. |- | Fox Sports Wisconsin | [[Wisconsin]]<br/>western [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan]]<br/>eastern [[Minnesota]]<br/>northwestern Illinois<br/>[[Iowa]] | | 2007 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin]] | Formerly operated as a sub-feed of Fox Sports North beginning in 1998, Fox Sports Wisconsin became a separate channel in 2008 after Fox Sports North acquired the broadcast rights to the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. It is still considered a sub-feed of Fox Sports North in some markets, and carries Minnesota Wild and Minnesota United FC games, which air on the alternate feed if the main feed is otherwise occupied. Fox Sports Wisconsin maintains master control and certain back office operations shared with Fox Sports North at the latter channel's headquarters in Minneapolis, but maintains separate production operations based in [[Milwaukee]]. |- | Prime Ticket | [[Southern California]]<br/>[[Southern Nevada]]<br/>Hawaii | Fox Sports West 2 (1997β2006) | 1997 | 2021 | [[FanDuel Sports Network SoCal]] | Prime Ticket aired [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] games from 1997 to 2013 when Fox lost the broadcast rights to [[Spectrum SportsNet LA]], a joint venture between the team and Time Warner Cable that launched in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dodgers announce deal with Time Warner, launch of SportsNet LA|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21620862/dodgers-announce-deal-with-time-warner-launch-of-sportsnet-la|work=[[CBS Sports]]|date=January 28, 2013}}</ref> |- | SportsTime Ohio | Ohio<br/>eastern Indiana<br/>Kentucky<br/>northwestern Pennsylvania<br/>southwestern New York | | 2012 | 2021 | Defunct | Launched in 2006, after the Cleveland Indians declined to renew its broadcast contract with Fox Sports Ohio; Fox would eventually purchase the network on December 28, 2012. |- |} ===Affiliates=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="width:150px;" |Channel ! style="width:150px;" |Region served ! style="width:150px;" |Formerly<br/>operated as ! style="width:50px;" |Year<br/>joined or launched ! style="width:50px;" |Year left or closed !Currently operating as ! style="width:450px;" |Notes |- |[[AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh]] |[[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[West Virginia]]<br/> parts of [[Maryland]], Kentucky and Ohio |KBL Entertainment Network (1986β1995) Prime Sports KBL (1995β1996)<br/>'''Fox Sports Pittsburgh (1996β2011)'''<br/>Root Sports Pittsburgh (2011β2017) | 1996 | 2021 | |Acquired by Liberty Media in 2008 as part of an asset swap with then-Fox Sports owner News Corporation, these networks were spun off into the [[AT&T Sports Networks]] division of [[DirecTV]] in 2009.<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite news|date=December 22, 2006|title=News Corp sells DirecTV stake to Liberty Media for News Corp stake, 550 mln usd|periodical=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/12/22/afx3278224.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070108122003/http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/12/22/afx3278224.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2007}}</ref> DirecTV's Fox Sports affiliates were rebranded as Root Sports on April 1, 2011, and all except Northwest later rebranded as AT&T SportsNet in 2017 after [[AT&T]] acquired DirecTV two years earlier.<ref name="bizjournals.com"/> [[AT&T SportsNet Southwest]] is the only network in the group that does not air Bally Sports-sourced programming. |- |[[AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain|AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain/Rocky Mountain West]] |[[Colorado]]<br/>[[New Mexico]]<br/>[[Nevada]]<br/>[[Utah]]<br/>[[Wyoming]]<br/>parts of [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Idaho]], Nebraska and [[South Dakota]] |Prime Sports Network (1988β1989)<br/>Prime Sports Network- Rocky Mountain (1989β1995)<br/>Prime Sports Rocky Mountain (1995β1996)<br/>'''Fox Sports Rocky Mountain (1996β2011)'''<br/>Root Sports Rocky Mountain (2011β2017) |1996 |2021 |defunct |Rebranded as SportsNet Rocky Mountain in October 2023, before ceasing operations on December 31, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/05/att-sportsnet-rocky-mountain-shutting-down-rockies-broadcasts|title=AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain Shutting Down, Leaving Rockies Broadcasts in Limbo for 2024, Sources Say|website=The Denver Post|last1=Newman|first1=Kyle|last2=Saunders|first2=Patrick|date=September 5, 2023|access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref> |- |[[BayTV]] |[[San Francisco Bay Area]] | |1997 |2000 |Defunct |Partially owned by TCI; signed a three-year affiliation agreement in March 1997 due to Cablevision's initial refusal to allow SportsChannel Pacific to carry FSN programming. Carried Fox Sports News, [[Pac-10]] games and Thursday Night Baseball. Fox Sports News was moved to Fox Sports Bay Area in March 1998, but Pac-10 games continued to air on BayTV until January 2000. |- |Comcast SportsNet Bay Area |Northern and central California<br/>northwestern [[Nevada]]<br/>parts of southern [[Oregon]] |Pacific Sports Network (PSN) (1989β1991)<br/>SportsChannel Bay Area (1990β1991)<br/>SportsChannel Pacific (1991β1998)<br/>'''Fox Sports Bay Area (1998β2008)''' |1998 |2012 |[[NBC Sports Bay Area]] |In April 2007, Cablevision sold its 60% interest in FSN Bay Area to Comcast. The network was rebranded as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on March 31, 2008, and continued to carry select FSN programming until August 2012. Fox Sports sold its stake in the network to Comcast in April 2008. Continued affiliation as Comcast SportsNet Bay Area until 2012. Programming sometimes aired on [[NBC Sports California|Comcast SportsNet California]]. |- |Comcast SportsNet Chicago |Northern Illinois<br/>northern Indiana<br/>eastern Iowa | |2006 |2012 |defunct |Affiliated after closure of Fox Sports Chicago. Rebranded as [[NBC Sports Chicago]] on October 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2017/08/23/comcast-sportsnet-chicago-rebrand-nbc-sports-chicago/|title=Comcast SportsNet Chicago to Rebrand as 'NBC Sports Chicago'|last=Feder|first=Robert|work=RobertFeder.com|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> NBC Sports Chicago discontinued service on September 30, 2024, following its loss of local broadcast rights to the [[Chicago Bulls|Bulls]], [[Chicago Blackhawks|Blackhawks]] and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/nbc-sports-chicago-ceases-operations-toasts.html|title=NBC Sports Chicago Toasts Its Viewers after Ceasing Operations|website=Awful Announcing|last=Neumann|first=Sam|date=October 1, 2024|access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref> |- |Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic |[[Maryland]]<br/>[[Virginia]]<br/>[[Washington, D.C.]]<br/>southern Pennsylvania<br/>eastern [[West Virginia]]<br/>southern Delaware |Home Team Sports (1984β2001) |1997 |2012 |[[Monumental Sports Network]] |Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic rebranded as NBC Sports Washington on October 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Sports Regional Networks to Align CSN and TCN Properties under 'NBC Sports' Brand|url=http://www.nbcsports.com/washington/press-releases/nbc-sports-regional-networks-align-csn-and-tcn-properties-under-nbc-sports-brand|publisher=NBC Sports Regional Networks|date=August 23, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017}}</ref> NBC Sports Washington rebranded as Monumental Sports Network on September 12, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Sports Washington is Becoming Monumental Sports Network|url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/nbc-sports-washington-is-becoming-monumental-sports-network/c-344952710|publisher=Washington Capitals|date=June 21, 2023|access-date=June 21, 2023}}</ref> |- |Comcast SportsNet New England |Massachusetts<br/>eastern and central Connecticut<br/>Vermont<br/>Maine<br/>New Hampshire<br/>Rhode Island |PRISM New England (1981β1983)<br/>SportsChannel New England (1983β1998)<br/>'''Fox Sports New England (1998β2007)''' |2000 |2012 |[[NBC Sports Boston]] |Rebranded in January 1998, along with the other former SportsChannel RSNs. Despite the new name, the network was blocked from affiliating with FSN until January 1, 2000, due to an existing agreement with the New England Sports Network. In April 2007, Cablevision sold its 50% interest in FSN New England to Comcast, effectively giving the latter full ownership of the channel. It was rebranded as [[NBC Sports Boston|Comcast SportsNet New England]] on July 1, 2007, and continued to carry select FSN programming until August 2012. |- |Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia |Eastern [[Pennsylvania]]<br/>[[South Jersey]]<br/>[[Delaware]] | |1997 |2012 |[[NBC Sports Philadelphia]] | |- |[[Empire Sports Network]] |Upstate New York<br/>northern Pennsylvania<br/>eastern Ohio | |1996 |2005 |Defunct |Previously a Prime Network affiliate, it became an FSN affiliate by default in 1996, though it did not use FSN branding. The channel was shuttered in 2005 (due to the bankruptcy of parent company [[Adelphia Communications Corporation|Adelphia]]) and was replaced by [[MSG Network]] and later [[MSG Western New York]]. |- |[[Fox Sports Chicago]] |Northern Illinois<br/>northern Indiana<br/>eastern Iowa |Sportsvision Chicago (1982β1989)<br/>SportsChannel Chicago (1989β1998) |1998 |2006 |Defunct |FSN Chicago served as the production hub for the ''Chicago Sports Report'', ''Ohio Sports Report'' and ''Bay Area Sports Report'' (all of which were 50% owned by Rainbow Sports/Cablevision). [[NBC Sports Chicago]] aired FSN's national programming from 2006 until August 2012, and occupied FSN Chicago's former facilities at 350 North Orleans Street, which also houses the offices of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''. The former ''Chicago Sports Report'' set was purchased by [[NBC]] affiliate [[WREX]] in [[Rockford, Illinois]] for use as that station's main news set. FSN Chicago shut down on June 23, 2006. |- | [[Marquee Sports Network]] | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, parts of Wisconsin | | 2020 | 2021 | |Launched in 2020 and co-owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Chicago Cubs, restoring Fox Sports Network programming to the Chicago market after more than a five-year absence. |- | [[Mid-Atlantic Sports Network]] | Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware | | 2013 | 2021 | |Aired most Fox Sports-sourced programming on MASN2. |- |[[MSG Network]] |New York<br/>northern New Jersey<br/>northeast Pennsylvania<br/>southern Connecticut | |1998 |2021 | |After Cablevision became a partner in FSN and converted their SportsChannel networks to the FSN banner, MSG Network also became an FSN outlet, albeit keeping its own branding and graphics (a variant of the MSG logo of the time with a Fox Sports Net logo underneath was used on occasion). MSG carried FSN programming at different times to FSN New York and also contributed footage to FSN programs. (Prior to either MSG or SportsChannel New York, then-independent station WBIS-TV, now [[WPXN-TV]], carried FSN programming as part of its sports offerings.) |- |MSG Plus |New York<br/>northern New Jersey<br/>northeast Pennsylvania<br/>southern Connecticut |Cablevision Sports 3 (1976β1979)<br/>SportsChannel New York (1979β1998)<br/>'''Fox Sports New York (1998β2008)''' |1998 |2021 |[[MSG Sportsnet]] (MSGSN) |Operates as a sister network of [[MSG (TV network)|MSG Network]]; Owned by [[MSG Networks]], a [[Corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of [[Cablevision]]. Fox previously had partial ownership of the network. It was rebranded as MSG Plus on March 10, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Best |first=Neil |date=February 26, 2008 |title=FSNY to be renamed MSG Plus |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column?track=rss |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426204438/http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-spmedia265592087feb26,0,661191.column |archive-date=April 26, 2008 |access-date=February 26, 2008 |newspaper=[[Newsday]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Umstead |first=R. Thomas |date=February 29, 2008 |title=FSNY To Morph into MSG Plus |url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6536950.html |access-date=February 29, 2008 |periodical=Multichannel News}}</ref> Starting in 2013, MSG Plus aired a reduced schedule of Fox Sports programming, with certain other programs airing on YES Network. MSG Plus was rebranded as MSG Sportnet (MSGSN) on September 26, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lafayette|first=Jon|date=September 22, 2022|title=MSG Plus Channel Renamed MSG SportsNet on Sept. 26|work=Broadcasting Cable|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/msg-plus-channel-renamed-msg-sportsnet-on-sept-26|access-date=September 25, 2022}}</ref> |- |[[New England Sports Network]] |[[Massachusetts]], eastern and central Connecticut, [[Vermont]], [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]] and [[Rhode Island]] | |1996 |1999 | |SportsChannel New England rebranded to Fox Sports New England in January 1998, but carried no FSN national programming until NESN's contract expired on December 31, 1999. |- |[[Root Sports Northwest]] |[[Washington (state)|Washington]]<br/>[[Alaska]]<br/>[[Montana]]<br/>[[Oregon]]<br/>Western Idaho |Northwest Cable Sports (1988β1989)<br/>Prime Sports Northwest (1989β1996)<br/>Fox Sports Northwest (1996β2011) |1996 |2021 | | |- |[[Root Sports Utah]] |Utah |Prime Sports Network- Utah (1989β1990)<br/>Prime Sports Network- Intermountain West (1991β1995)<br/>Prime Sports Intermountain West (1995β1996)<br/>'''Fox Sports Utah (1996β2011)''' |1996 |2017 |Merged into AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain | |- |[[Wisconsin Sports Network (TV channel)|Wisconsin Sports Channel]] | Wisconsin | Wisconsin Sports Network (1996β1997) |1997 |1997 |FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin |Merged into Midwest Sports Channel (later known as Fox Sports North) and then split again to form Fox Sports Wisconsin |- | [[YES Network]] | New York<br/>northern [[New Jersey]]<br/>northeast Pennsylvania<br/>southern [[Connecticut]] | | 2013 | 2021 | |Launched in 2002, News Corporation acquired a 49% stake in YES in November 2012, in a deal that included an option to allow the company to expand its interest in the network to 80% within three years.<ref name="deadline-hollywood-2012"/> The option carried over to 21st Century Fox, following its founding through the subsequent 2013 [[Corporate spin-off|spin-off]] of News Corporation's entertainment assets, which exercised the option for Fox Sports to acquire 80% majority control of YES (with the network's founding parent Yankees Global Enterprises retaining the remaining 20%) in January 2014.<ref name="broadcastingcable2013"/> YES later began carrying Fox Sports-sourced programming in September 2013; prior to the Fox Sports purchase, YES had carried select Yankees game telecasts over-the-air broadcast on Fox-owned [[MyNetworkTV]] station [[WWOR-TV]] and the Tribune-owned station [[WPIX]]. On December 14, 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]] announced their intent to [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquire 21st Century Fox]] for $52.4 billion after the spin-off of certain businesses to a "[[New Fox]]" company, while the acquisition was originally slated to include Fox Sports' regional operations, the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] ordered their divestment under antitrust grounds, citing Disney's ownership of [[ESPN]]. Yankee Global Enterprises invoked a clause the rights to buy their stake of the YES Network back following the acquisition from Disney. On March 8, 2019, it was reported that the Yankees had reached a deal to re-purchase Fox's share in the network for $3.5 billion, with [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], [[Amazon.com]] and [[The Blackstone Group]] holding minority shares. |} ===Partner services=== ====Comcast SportsNet==== From its inception in 1997 until July 31, 2012, [[Comcast]] maintained an agreement to carry select programming sourced from Fox Sports Net on its six [[Comcast SportsNet]] regional networks: [[Comcast SportsNet Bay Area]], [[Comcast SportsNet California]], [[Comcast SportsNet Chicago]], [[Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic]], [[Comcast SportsNet New England]] and [[Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ourand |first=John |date=August 14, 2012 |title=NBC Sports Group Drops FSN Programming From Comcast RSNs |url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Morning-Buzz/2012/08/14/NBC.aspx?hl=Comcast%20SportsNet%20FSN%20Chicago&sc=0 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |website=Sports Business Journal}}</ref> This deal stemmed from the circumstances surrounding the 1997 launch of the original Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia, where Rainbow's regional sports network [[SportsChannel Philadelphia]], and sister premium service [[PRISM (TV channel)|PRISM]] (which offered a mix of sports and movies) were seemingly gutted by Comcast's acquisition of [[Comcast Spectacor|Spectacor]]βowner of the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]βand a stake in the [[Philadelphia 76ers]], with plans to launch their own network,<ref>{{cite news |last=Donnellon |first=Sam |date=March 20, 1996 |title=Prism, Sportschannel On Way Out? |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-20/news/25636426_1_prism-comcast-acquisition-brian-l-roberts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911060557/http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-20/news/25636426_1_prism-comcast-acquisition-brian-l-roberts |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rozansky |first=Michael L. |last2=Sokolove |first2=Michael |date=March 24, 1996 |title=Comcast Deal Isn't The End Of Prism It Could Benefit Both Firms To Leave The TV Rights As They Are |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-24/business/25636634_1_comcast-executive-comcast-chairman-ralph-roberts-comcast-deal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160219/http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-24/business/25636634_1_comcast-executive-comcast-chairman-ralph-roberts-comcast-deal |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Edward |last2=Fleischman |first2=Bill |date=April 26, 1996 |title=Comcast Puts Prism On Ropes Phils Agree To Join Flyers, Sixers In Fledgling All-sports Cable Channel |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-04-26/sports/25660343_1_prism-comcast-corporation-phillies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160147/http://articles.philly.com/1996-04-26/sports/25660343_1_prism-comcast-corporation-phillies |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref> only for Rainbow to join Fox and Liberty, possibly meaning SportsChannel and PRISM would become FSN affiliates instead.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleischman |first=Bill |date=June 24, 1997 |title=Fox/liberty Deal Impacts Local Cable Sportschannel Philadelphia Likely To Benefit |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/sports/25526730_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-fox-sports-news-liberty-networks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160208/http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/sports/25526730_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-fox-sports-news-liberty-networks |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rozansky |first=Michael L. |date=June 24, 1997 |title=Fox Will Gobble Up Sportschannel Phila. A Nationwide Network Is Being Forged To Challenge ESPN. Locally, A Comcast Rivalry Could Emerge |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/business/25526296_1_fox-and-tci-sports-channels-sportschannel-philadelphia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911060549/http://articles.philly.com/1997-06-24/business/25526296_1_fox-and-tci-sports-channels-sportschannel-philadelphia |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref> Ultimately, the potential issues were settled in a deal that saw PRISM and SportsChannel's local coverage move to Comcast SportsNet, which would then become an FSN affiliate, while PRISM was replaced by Liberty's premium movie network [[Starz|Starz!]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bruton |first=Mike |date=July 22, 1997 |title=Comcast Scores Big With Sports Network The 24-hour Comcast Sportsnet Will Debut Oct. 1 And Carry Phillies, Sixers And Flyers Games |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-22/news/25549267_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-comcast-sportsnet-cable-systems |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910160138/http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-22/news/25549267_1_sportschannel-philadelphia-comcast-sportsnet-cable-systems |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 27, 1997 |title=Local TV Sports Fans To See A Change, In Cost Sportschannel And Prism Are Going, Going. . . . A New Basic Cable Channel Takes Over. |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-27/news/25545503_1_basic-cable-cable-analyst-john-mansell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305040355/http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-27/news/25545503_1_basic-cable-cable-analyst-john-mansell |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2012 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=DeWolf |first=Rose |date=August 25, 1997 |title=Starz On The Horizon Goodbye Prism & Sports Channel; What's Next Depends On Where You Hang The Clicker |url=http://articles.philly.com/1997-08-25/news/25568592_1_starz-premium-channel-suburban-cable |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910085622/http://articles.philly.com/1997-08-25/news/25568592_1_starz-premium-channel-suburban-cable |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Comcast Commits to Launch STARZ! in Philadelphia; More Than 300,000 Comcast Customers Will See STARZ! by October 1 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Comcast+Commits+to+Launch+STARZ!+in+Philadelphia%3b+More+Than+300%2c000...-a019597847 |agency=[[PR Newswire]] |via=The Free Library |date=July 21, 1997 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303004628/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Comcast+Commits+to+Launch+STARZ!+in+Philadelphia%3b+More+Than+300%2c000...-a019597847 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most of Fox Sports Networks' other programming was later carried in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets on MASN2. Select games were also shown on [[Cox Communications]] local origination channels (later branded [[YurView]]), mostly in Rhode Island and Virginia. The Cox networks were exclusive to their cable systems. ===Broadcast TV partners=== At least two times in its history Fox Sports Net, partnered with [[Terrestrial television|broadcast]] TV stations to fill coverage gaps in markets where it did not have an affiliated regional sports network. Upon its launch, Fox Sports Net did not have an outlet in New York, the nation's largest media market (Cablevision's SportsChannel would not merge into Fox Sports until the following year). To overcome this obstacle, Fox Sports Net paid [[WPXN-TV|WBIS-TV]] $30 million to broadcast games and nightly news shows for the next five years. WBIS-TV itself was a new station that launched on July 1, 1996, when [[Dow Jones & Company]] and [[ITT Inc.|ITT Corporation]] purchased it from the [[New York City|City of New York]]. The Fox Sports programming complimented its "S+" format which combined sports programming and business news.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Station Bets on Business-Sports Mix |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/20/business/station-bets-on-business-sports-mix.html |access-date=26 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=20 January 1997}}</ref> From September 2012 to September 2013, Fox syndicated select college football and basketball games produced by the Fox Sports regional networks to broadcast television stations in some of the markets where the aforementioned Comcast SportsNet had dropped coverage. These stations included [[WLVI]] (Boston), [[KICU-TV]] (San Francisco), [[WMCN-TV]] (Philadelphia) and [[WDCA]] (Washington, D.C.). ===Fox College Sports (FCS)=== {{main|Stadium College Sports}} Fox Sports Networks also operated '''Fox College Sports (FCS)''', a slate of three digital cable channels (Fox College Sports Atlantic, Fox College Sports Central and Fox College Sports Pacific) featuring programming divided by region (primarily collegiate and high school sports, as well as minor league sports events) from each individual FSN network; the FCS networks also carry each affiliate's regional sports news programs and non-news-and-event programming (such as coaches shows, team magazines and documentaries). The three networks were, more or less, condensed versions of the 22 FSN-affiliated networks (including Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic), though the channels also showed international events that did not fit within the programming inventories of FSN or [[Fox Soccer Plus]] (and prior to 2013, the latter's now-defunct parent [[Fox Soccer]]), such as the [[Commonwealth Games]], [[World University Games]] and the [[FINA World Swimming Championships]]. The three FCS channels offered FSN feeds from the following channels, including live [[Big 12 Conference]] football, [[Pac-12 Conference]] football and basketball and [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] basketball games. The channels also rebroadcast shows originally produced by and shown on the following listed networks: * FCS Atlantic: Fox Sports South, Fox Sports Carolinas, Fox Sports Tennessee, Fox Sports Southeast, Fox Sports Florida, Fox Sports Sun, MSG Plus and [[AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh]]; * FCS Central: Fox Sports Detroit, Fox Sports Southwest, Fox Sports Oklahoma, Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports Kansas City, Fox Sports Indiana and Fox Sports Ohio; * FCS Pacific: Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket, [[AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain]] and [[Root Sports Northwest]]. Fox College Sports also broadcast high school and [[Independent Women's Football League]] games, and college magazine and coach's shows. Fox College Sports formerly partnered with [[Big Ten Network]] to provide programming.
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